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Cabinet
Cabinet approves Procurement of 83 Light Combat Aircrafts  ‘Tejas’ from HAL for IAF
The Cabinet met under the Chairmanship of Prime Minister in New Delhi on 13 January and has approved procurement of 73 LCA Tejas Mk-1A fighter aircrafts and 10 LCA Tejas Mk-1 Trainer aircrafts at the cost of Rs. 45,696 Crore along with Design and Development of Infrastructure sanctions worth Rs.1,202 Crore.
Light Combat Aircraft Mk-1A variant is an indigenously designed, developed and manufactured state-of-the-art modern 4+ generation fighter aircraft. This aircraft is equipped with critical operational capabilities of Active Electronically Scanned Array  Radar, Beyond Visual Range  Missile, Electronic Warfare  Suite and Air to Air Refuelling  would be a potent platform to meet the operational requirements of Indian Air Force, IAF. It is the first “Buy ” category procurement of combat aircrafts with an indigenous content of 50% which will progressively reach 60% by the end of the programme.
The Cabinet has also approved infrastructure development by IAF under the project to enable them handle repairs or servicing at their base depot so that the turnaround time would get reduced for mission critical systems and would lead to increased availability of aircraft for operational exploitation. This would enable IAF to sustain the fleet more efficiently and effectively due to availability of repair infrastructure at respective bases.
Under the Atmanirbhar Bharat Abhiyaan, India is continuously growing in its power to indigenously design, develop and manufacture advanced cutting edge technologies and systems in the Defence Sector. The manufacturing of Light Combat Aircraft by Hindustan Aeronautics Limited, HAL will give a further push to Atmanirbhar Bharat initiative and boost indigenisation of defence production and the defence industry in the country. About 500 Indian companies including MSMEs in the design and manufacturing sectors will be working with HAL in this procurement. The programme would act as a catalyst for transforming the Indian aerospace manufacturing ecosystem into a vibrant Atmanirbhar-self-sustaining ecosystem.
Prime Minister's Office
PM pays tributes to late Shri Maheshbhai and late Shri Nareshbhai Kanodia
Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi paid tributes to late Shri Maheshbhai and late Shri Nareshbhai Kanodia in In Gandhinagar. They were associated with the world of films, music and culture.
Ministry of Women and Child Development
Union Minister for Women & Child Development to Launch Nation-Wide 24/7 Helpline for Women Affected by Violence
New Helpline Aims to Facilitate Integrated Range of Complaint & Counseling Services for Women Affected by Violence
The Union Minister for Women and Child Development, Smt Smriti Zubin Irani will be launching a 24/7 helpline number for women affected by violence on Tuesday, 27th July, 2021. The aim of the helpline is to provide round the clock emergency and non-emergency complaints and counseling services to women affected by violence by linking them with appropriate authorities such as police, hospitals, District Legal Service Authority, psychological services and providing information about women related government programmes across the country through a single uniform number. The Helpline is in line with several initiatives taken up by the Ministry of WCD and National Commission for Women giving utmost priority to women’s safety.
The new helpline aims to facilitate integrated range of services for women affected with violence under one roof such as help from police, psycho-social counselling and access to One Stop Centres among other services. The helpline will be functional round-the-clock to facilitate help on issues related to violence against women. The helpline will function with a team of trained experts. Any girl or woman aged 18 years and above can seek help by calling on this Helpline which will be operated from the premises of the National Commission for Women, New Delhi.
NCW under its statutory mandate has been looking into complaints under various categories of violence/deprivation of women rights from across the country. These complaints are received in writing or online through its website www.ncw.nic.in. in. The Commission processes complaints to facilitate in providing adequate and expeditious relief to women ensuring suitable redressal of grievances.
In order to strengthen and expand the complaint platform, the Commission took the initiative to start this Digital Helpline. This helpline service has been developed in collaboration with Digital India Corporation, Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology.
The helpline will be launched by the Union Minister for Women and Child Development, Smt Smriti Zubin Irani in the presence of Madam Chairperson Ms Rekha Sharma, Members of the Commission, Shri Indevar Pandey, Secretary, Ministry of Women and Development and Shri Abhishek Singh, MD and CEO, Digital India Corporation.
Ministry of Agriculture &
Farmers Welfare
Formation of Farmer Produce Organizations
In pursuant of announcement in Union Budget 2019-20, Government of India has approved a Central Sector Scheme titled "Formation and Promotion of Farmer Produce Organizations " to form and promote 10,000 new FPOs.
Under the scheme, a total number of 2000 FPOs have been proposed to be formed in 2020-21. No state-wise target has been decided as the FPOs will be formed based on justified produce clusters. Under the scheme, it will be ensured that adequate support is extended to States of North East and hilly areas to offset deficiency in specialized manpower and expertise available in such areas. The minimum members per FPO in case of plain areas will be 300; while in North-Eastern and Hilly Region, it will be 100.
This information was given in a written reply by the Union Minister of Agriculture and Farmers Welfare, Shri Narendra Singh Tomar, in Rajya Sabha today.
Prime Minister's Office
PM condoles the loss of lives due to road accident in Budaun, Uttar Pradesh
The Prime Minister, Shri Narendra Modi has expressed deep grief over the loss of lives due to road accident in Budaun district of Uttar Pradesh. Shri Modi also wished the speedy recovery of those who injured in the accident.
Prime Minister's office tweeted;
"उत्तर प्रदेश के बदायूं में हुई सड़क दुर्घटना अत्यंत दुखद है। इसमें जिन लोगों ने अपने प्रियजनों को खोया है, उनके प्रति मैं अपनी शोक-संवेदना व्यक्त करता हूं। इसके साथ ही हादसे में घायलों के शीघ्र स्वस्थ होने की कामना करता हूं: PM @narendramodi"
Ministry of Communications
Cabinet approves joint issue of postage stamp between India and South Africa
The Union Cabinet chaired by the Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi was apprised of joint issue of Postage Stamps on India-South Africa on the theme, "20 Years of Strategic Partnership between India and South Africa". The joint stamps were released in June 2018.
The Commemorative Postage Stamps on India-South Africa: Joint Issue depicts image of DeendayalUpadhyaya and Oliver Reginald Tambo of South Africa. An MoU was signed to this effect between India and South Africa in May 2018.
AYUSH
AYUSH practices inducted into the Management Protocol for COVID - 19 recovered patients
Ministry of Health and Family Welfare  issued a protocol on Post COVID Management on 13th September, 2020. The protocol provides an integrated holistic approach for patients of COVID to care at home and is not meant to be used as preventive/curative therapy. It also states that the recovery period is likely to be longer for patients who suffered from more severe form of the disease and those with pre-existing illness. The protocol is also notable for the induction of various AYUSH practices of healthcare to facilitate faster recuperation of health of recovered Covid 19 patients.
COVID 19 is a new disease and new information is being recorded on a daily basis about the natural history of it, especially in terms of post recovery events. In terms of post recovery, active research is being pursued in order to unearth all the information related to the disease. As of now, patients who have recovered from acute COVID 19 illness have continued to report a variety of symptom like fatigue, cough, core throat etc.
The Post- COVID follow up protocol, on individual level, advices continued appropriate use of mask, hand and respiratory hygiene, physical distancing etc. Adequate consumption of hot water and immunity promoting AYUSH medicine is advised after prescribed by a qualified practitioner of AYUSH. Mild / moderate exercises like Yogasana, Pranayama, Meditation is to be practiced daily as prescribed while daily morning or evening walk at a comfortable pace as tolerated.
Apart from this, the protocol advices to consume a balanced nutritious diet that is easy to digest and is freshly prepared. On community level, a person can take support of community-based self-help groups, qualified professionals, etc for recovery and rehabilitation process. The doctor also mentions to visit the nearest health facility if the patient who had undergone home isolation complains of persisting symptoms.
At the individual level, immunity promoting AYUSH medicine as per the advisories already released by the AYUSH Ministry is recommended, subject to consultation with a qualified practitioner. These include common or easy preparations like the Ayush Kwath, the Samshamanivati, Giloy powder with luke warm water, Ashwagandha and Chyawanprash. Other recommendations include Amla fruit, Mulethi powder and Haldi milk.
Ministry of Railways
Upgradation of Railway Stations
Ministry of Railways through various agencies is undertaking techno-economic feasibility studies of Railway stations. Based on the outcome of these feasibility studies, stations are planned to be taken up for redevelopment in phases, especially the stations located in major cities, pilgrimage centres and important tourist destinations. The cost of station redevelopment project is to be met by leveraging commercial development of land and air space in and around the stations. The railway stations are taken up for redevelopment based on financial viability. Presently, work of redevelopment is in progress at Gandhinagar and Habibganj stations. Contracts for redevelopment have been awarded for Gomtinagar, Charbagh and Puducherry stations.
The facilities proposed in a redeveloped station include congestion free non-conflicting entry/exit to the station premises, segregation of arrival/departure of passengers, adequate concourse without overcrowding, integration of both sides of the city wherever feasible, integration with other modes of transport systems e.g. Bus, Metro, etc., user friendly international signage, well illuminated circulating area and sufficient provision for drop off, pick up & parking etc.
This information was given by the Minister of Railways and Commerce & Industry, Shri Piyush Goyal in a written reply to a question in Lok Sabha today.
Ministry of Communications
Extension of last date to receive comments & counter comments on TRAI Consultation Paper on “Review of Regulatory Framework for Broadcasting and Cable services”
Telecom Regulatory Authority of India  had released a consultation paper on “Review of Regulatory Framework for Broadcasting and Cable services” on 08th August 2023. The last date of receiving comments from the stakeholders on the issues raised in the consultation paper was initially fixed as 05th September 2023 and counter-comments as 19th September 2023.
However, due to requests received from stakeholders for extension of time for submission of comments, the last date for receiving written comments and counter comments was extended up to 19th September 2023 and 3rd October 2023, respectively.
Keeping in view the requests received from the stakeholders for extension of time for submission of comments on the above-mentioned consultation paper to enable for submission a comprehensive response to TRAI, it has been decided to further extend the last date for submission of comments and counter-comments up to 3rd October 2023 and 17th October 2023, respectively. No request for any further extension of time for submission of comments / counter-comments shall be entertained.
The comments and counter-comments may be sent, preferably in electronic form, on the email ID advbcs-2@trai.gov.in and jtadvbcs-1@trai.gov.in. For any clarification/ information, Shri Anil Kumar Bhardwaj, Director General TRAI CSR and Advisor  may be contacted at Tel. No. +91-11-23237922.
Ministry of Law and Justice
Press Communique
Vide Notifications of even number dated 15.07.2023, the President, after consultation with the Chief Justice of India, is pleased to transfer S/Shri Justices  Dinesh Kumar Singh, Judge, Allahabad High Court to Kerala High Court,  Manoj Bajaj, Judge, Punjab and Haryana High Court to Allahabad High Court and  Gaurang Kanth, Judge, Delhi High Court to Calcutta High Court and to direct them to assume charge of their offices in the respective High Courts.
Ministry of Health and Family Welfare
COVID-19 UPDATE
218.80 cr Total Vaccine doses  have been administered so far under Nationwide Vaccination Drive
3,44,525 doses administered in last 24 hours
India's Active caseload currently stands at 34,598
Active cases stand at 0.08%
Recovery Rate currently at 98.74%
3,481 recoveries in the last 24 hours increases Total Recoveries to 4,40,36,152
1,968 new cases recorded in the last 24 hours
Daily positivity rate 
Weekly Positivity Rate 
89.59 cr Total Tests conducted so far; 2,09,801 tests conducted in the last 24 hours
Ministry of Finance
46th Civil Accounts Day to be celebrated tomorrow, 2nd March 2022
E-Bill processing system, announced in Union Budget 2022-23, to be launched
The 46th Civil Accounts Day will be celebrated on 2nd March 2022 at Dr. Ambedkar International Centre, Janpath, New Delhi. Minister for Finance & Corporate Affairs Smt. Nirmala Sitharaman will be the Chief Guest. Finance Secretary Dr. T.V. Somanathan, and Smt. Sonali Singh, Head of the Organisation will grace the occasion along with other dignitaries.
Finance Minister Smt. Sitharaman will launch a major e-governance initiative - the Electronic Bill  processing system as part of ease of doing business and Digital India eco-system. A Budget 2022-23 announcement, the e- Bill system will be implemented across all Central Ministries and Departments. This will be a further step to enhance transparency, efficiency and faceless- paperless payment system. Suppliers and contractors will now be able to submit their claim online which will be trackable in real time basis.
The day-long programme will have two technical sessions – a keynote address by Shri Amitabh Kant, CEO, NITI Aayog on “Reforms in Public Financial Management”, and a presentation on “General Guidelines on Procurement and Project Management” by Shri Sanjay Aggarwal, Advisor, Procurement Policy Division, Ministry of Finance.
A short film on the CGA organisation will showcase the citizen centric initiatives of the Civil Accounts Organisation, including the various payment modes initiated in Government, reforms initiated recently and use of latest technology in the development and management of PFMS . The PFMS is a unified IT platform through which the Government Payments including all DBTs, non-tax receipts and accounting functions are performed.
Due to robustness of these systems, the Indian Civil Accounts Organization could play a critical role in keeping the Government transactions seamless even during COVID-19 crisis. A smooth functioning of payment and receipt is necessary to sustain the essential medical services, law and order and to keep the economy stable and growing.
The event will be telecast live on Doordarshan and ANI and the NIC’s Webcast platform .
Ministry of Jal Shakti
Chhattisgarh Presents its Annual Action Plan Under Jal Jeevan Mission, Plans to Provide 22 Lakh New Tap Connections in 2021-22
The Annual Action Plan for Jal Jeevan Mission  was presented by State of Chhattisgarh today via video conferencing. During the presentation, the State reiterated the commitment to achieve the ‘Har Ghar Jal’ target as planned. The exercise of discussing and finalizing the Annual Action Plan  of States/ UTs under Jal Jeevan Mission, is done by a national committee chaired by the Secretary, Department of Drinking Water & Sanitation.Thereafter, funds are released based on quarterly progress and expenditure incurred from time to time, coupled with regular field visits by the national team to guide and provide technical assistance for smooth implementation of the planned activities to make every village ‘Har Ghar Jal’ under Jal Jeevan Mission.
Chhattisgarh has around 45.5 lakh rural households, out of which only 5.7 lakh  have tap water supply. In the year 2021-22, about 22lakhtap water connections are planned to be provided. The State also plans to saturate 2 districts this year.
In 2021-22, Chhattisgarh is likely to get about Rs 1,000 Crore Central fund under JJM. The committee advised the State to make a provision for matching State share and expenditure plan for effective utilization of funds. During the presentation, the committee advised the State for convergence of different sources of funds to ensure judicious utilization of resources, focus on coverage of priority areas like water-quality affected areas, water-scarce areas, SC/ ST dominated habitations, Aspirational districts, PVTG areas and SansadAdarsh GraminYojana villages, emphasis on IEC activities, etc.
Chhattisgarh State is working on sustainability/ developmentof drinking water sources and to tackle geogenic contamination in water. State has done good progress in Solar dual mini water supply schemes.
Under Jal Jeevan Mission, priority is being given on water quality surveillance through active participation of frontline functionaries as well as involving the local community. 5 persons especially women are being trained in every village to use the Field Test Kits to test the quality of water. Every source needs to be tested once every year for physical and chemical parameters and twice for bacteriological contamination. Public Health Engineering Department/ Rural Water Supply department of States is ensuring the supply of safe drinking water to rural homes and monitoring water quality on regular basis by testing in the laboratories. The national committee suggested focusing on testing & treating contaminated water and to plan NABL accreditation of water testing laboratories during the current year.
During the Covid-19 pandemic situation, the availability of safe water for one and all in rural households will be helpful to combat the virus.
Ministry of Communications
TRAI extends time to receive comments on ‘Draft Telecommunication  Services Interconnection   Regulations, 2022'
The Telecom Regulatory Authority of India  had issued the ‘Draft Telecommunication  Services Interconnection   Regulations 2022’ on 9th September 2022 for comments/counter-comments of stakeholders. The last date for receiving written comments from the stakeholders was fixed as 7th October 2022 and counter comments, if any, by 21st October 2022.
The stakeholders have sought extension of time for sending their comments on the ‘Draft Telecommunication  Services Interconnection   Regulations, 2022’. In view of this, it has been decided to extend the last date for submission of written comments up to 4th November 2022. Counter comments, if any, may also be submitted by 18th November, 2022. No further requests for extension would be considered.
The comments and counter-comments may be sent, preferably in electronic form on the email: advbcs-2@trai.gov.in and jtadv-bcs@trai.gov.in. For any clarification/ information, Shri Anil Kumar Bhardwaj, Advisor  may be contacted at Tel. No: +91-11-23237922.
Ministry of Commerce & Industry
Basmati Export Development Foundationdecides to organize Workshop with stakeholders for increasing the share of Organic Basmati Rice
Basmati Export Development Foundation  is a registered society founded by Agricultural and Processed Food Products Export Development Authority , under the Ministry of Commerce and Industry. BEDF has set up state of the art laboratory with facilities for DNA finger printing for variety identification of Basmati Rice and testing of pesticide residues, aflatoxins and heavy metals. The laboratory and Demonstration &Training Farm has been set up at the Campus of SVP University of Agriculture and Technology, Modipuram. The society is seeking accreditation and inspection body in accordance with ISO: IEC: 17020.
The activities of the foundation are focused on strengthening the supply chain for export of Basmati Rice. The 8th Annual General Meeting of the BEDF was held on 24th November 2020 and was Chaired by Dr. M. Angamuthu, Chairman, APEDA. During the AGM, it was also decided to organize a Workshop with stakeholders for increasing the share of Organic Basmati Rice. It was also decided to encourage the exporters for value addition and product and product diversification.
Basmati rice is the largest agro product for export from India. During 2019-20 India exported 4.45 million MT of Basmati Rice with value of US 4331 Million. Over last 10 years, Basmati Rice Exports have more than doubled. During 2009-10 the export of Basmati Rice was of the order of 2.17 Million MT. The major markets are Saudi Arabia, UAE, Iran, EU and USA. Basmati Rice is a registered Geographical Indication .
Ministry of Health and Family Welfare
COVID-19 Vaccine Rollout
Dr Harsh Vardhan to visit Tamil Nadu tomorrow to personally review the Dry Run in the State
Massive countrywide Vaccine Dry Run in 33 States/UTs tomorrow
As the country prepares for the COVID 19 vaccine roll out, the Dr. Harsh Vardhan Union Minister for Health & Family Welfare will be visiting the State of Tamil Nadu tomorrow. During his visit, Dr. Harsh Vardhan will personally review the preparedness and oversee the Dry Run operations at the scheduled sites. A massive countrywide Mock Drill to prepare for the COVID19 vaccination is being conducted tomorrow at 736 districts across 33 States/UTs.
The Union Health Minister will visit the sessions site at Government General Hospital, Chennai followed by the one at Government Omandurar Hospital, Chennai. In the afternoon Dr Harsh Vardhan will visit the private vaccination centre in Apollo Hospital, Chennai after a brief visit to the General Medical Store Depot  in Periamedu. This is one of the four national vaccine storage facilities, the other three at Mumbai, Kolkata and Karnal.
Thereafter, Dr. Harsh Vardhan will visit the vaccination Centre at Chengalpattu. He will be visiting the Hindustan Bio-Tech Ltd. Campus at Chengalpattu after concluding his supervision at these sites.
Ministry of Defence
PRESS RELEASE - DISTINGUISHED SERVICE AWARDS TO INDIAN NAVY PERSONNEL ON REPUBLIC DAY
The President has approved awards to Indian Naval personnel on the eve of Republic day celebrations with distinguishedservice awards on the occasion 26 Jan 2022: -
PARAM VISHISHT SEVA MEDAL
1. V ADM AJENDRA BAHADUR SINGH, AVSM, VSM
2. V ADM RAVNEET SINGH, AVSM, NM
3. V ADM SATISHKUMAR N GHORMADE, AVSM, NM,ADC
ATI VISHISHT SEVA MEDAL
- SURG V ADM NAVEEN CHAWLA, VSM
- R ADM GK HARISH, VSM
- R ADM ATUL ANAND, VSM
- R ADM TARUN SOBTI, VSM
- R ADM AJAY KOCHHAR, NM
- R ADM B SIVAKUMAR, VSM
- R ADM UTHAIAH LYCHETTIRA BELLIAPPA, VSM
NAO SENA MEDAL 
- R ADM SANJAY BHALLA
- R ADM MANISH SHARMA
- CMDE SACHDEVA SANJAY
- CMDE VIKAS KAUSHAL
- CMDE SATHISH VASUDEV
- CAPTAIN HIMANSHU CHATURVEDI
- CDR PONNAPPA BK
- CDR M SHAILESH
VISHISHT SEVA MEDAL
- R ADM GIRISH KUMAR GARG
- R ADM SANJAY DATT
- CMDE SANDEEP SHARMA
- CMDE VIVEK THAPAR
- CMDE HARISH CHANDRA JOSHI
- CMDE RITURAJ SAHU
- CMDE SANJAY CHOPRA
- CMDE TUMMALAPALLI VENKAT SUNIL
- SURG CMDE SAMIR KAPOOR
- CMDE VIDHYADHAR HARKE
- CMDE ADITYA SINGH DADWAL
- CAPT HAPPY MOHAN
- CAPT  MAHAR KARN PAL SINGH
- CDR YOGESH V ATHAWALE
- LT CDR MAYANK SHARMA
- KAILASH PRAKASH TIWARI, MC MECH I
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